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(No Model.)

J. MURGATROYD. SUNSHADE FOR BIGYGLES.

No. 553,755. P555555 1 Jan. 28, 1896. 1

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lhvirs STATES ATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MURGATROYD, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

SUNSHADE FOR BICYGLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,731."), datedJanuary 28, 1896.

Application filed August 30, 1895. Serial No. 560,967. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN MURGATROYD, of New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented anew and Improved Sunshade forBicycles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved sunshade forattachment to bicycles and other velocipedes, and one which will becapable of varied adjustment to shade the person using the vehicle,notwithstanding the different inclinations of the sun.

Other objects are contemplated, all tending to improve the'constructionand general arrangement of the invention, and the full attainment of allwill be apparent from the following specification.

To these ends the invention consists in a staff provided with means forconnecting it to the frame of a bicycle, and having mounted at its upperend ribs and braces of peculiar construction, whereby the shade isbetter adapted than those heretofore employed to the work which it is toperform.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference inclicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a bicycle equipped with myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a perspeetir e view of the under side of theshade. Fig. 3 is a detail section showing the ribs and braces, and Fig.4 is a detail perspective view illustrating the means for securing thestaff to the bicycle.

The frame 1 of the bicycle has a clip 2 se cured to its front portion bymeans of a bolt or similar device, which holds the clip rigidly. Theclip 2 has the clip 4 secured thereto as shown, and the latter clipreceives the staff 5, which is adjustably held therein by means of aset-screw 4:. The upper end of the staff 5 is internally threaded andreceives a correspondingly-threaded projection G of the rod 7, the saidrod having directly contiguous to the projection 6 a squared portion 8,on which the runner 9 is adapted to fit, the said runner being providedwith a setscrew 10 by which it is held in place. The runner is formedwith a square inner portion so as to be received on the square portion8, and is adapted to be moved along the staff 5 in the operation offolding or extending the shade. The upper end of the rod 7 is formedwith a squared portion 11, which is extended into a screi -threaded part12. Seated on the square portion 11 is a collar 13, to which the ribs14: are pivotally connected, while the projection 12 carries a cap 15,having an internally-threaded recess receiving the projection. The cap15 lies snugly upon the collar 13, and is arranged to clamp the cloth 16of the shade between the collar and the cap, as best shown in Fig.Pivotally connected to the runner 9 are the braces or spreaders 17, onefor each of the ribs 14:, and respectively pivoted thereto, so that theymay control the ribs in a manner similar to those of an umbrella.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the invention isapplicable to any form of velocipede, and indeed to any purpose Where itis desired to shade a person from the sun, and by means of the clips 2and 4 the stalf 5 may be adjusted at any inclination desired. It willalso be apparent that the peculiar construction of the rod 7 serves tosecurely and effectively hold the cloth 16 in place and to prevent thesame from becoming torn by the operation of the bows and braces. Byshortening the forward ribs and correspondingly increasing the length ofthe rear ribs the shade is formed with a rearward enlargement orextension so that it offers little resistance to the wind andeffectively protects the person using the shade.

The staff may be unscrewed from the rod 7 and the devices taken apartwith perfect case, which operation may be desirable in folding the shadefor transportation.

'Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent I b 1. A sunshade, the same comprising a staif havingone end internally threaded, a rod having a threaded projection receivedin the threaded end of the staff and having directly contiguous to saidthreaded projection a IOO to the runner, the opposite end of the rodbeing also formed with a squared portion and a threaded projectionbeyond the same, a

capable of being held on the remaining squared portion, braces pivotallyconnected to the runner and to the ribs, the ribs being rearwardlyelongated whereby the shade is extended in the same direction and clothspread on the ribs substantially as described.

JOHN MURGATR( )YD.

XV itnesses:

G. SEDGWICK, ISAAC B. OWENS.

